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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1928)
f *ut Our Way By Williama 5Ap£^Yi First MA-MA if-UE.M'S "Vt-V Bows MAv<E A SHORT" STOQV LOMG -f{-\t>/'v/E GOT OWE. TEW \NORO SEmTemcE OM "(MAT MOTiCE »Kl FlOE DlFFROMT LAWGuAfc,ES, AMD tVERW BOOW -Tries -T read 'em ALL . Am’ 1-r TAWES "TTmE • v/ES'-TmEW PoT iT \M SO MAMW OtFFROJT LAMGOAOES TO MAVTE »T EASW FOR EVERWBoOV, rTOoeS* SMHV WE SPEmT MOORS *TRW\m' T' DOPE OUT vsiAAT iMEM oTUer lamgoages SE2 . 1 I REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. VlH II- ' — -Tt-\E. SO^T 3 POT. J.f? ©1928. BY NCA SERVICE, I IK J Little Beauty Among History’s Great Charmers Adela Rogers St. John in Smart Set Magazine. Of the 12 greatest women whose Influence over men has won them places in history, only three were really beauties; four were so plain that they verged on ugliness; the other five were only so-so as to looks. And Cleopatra, first charmer of the lot, was probably the most unattractive physically. Beauty alone runs a poor race against brains where woman’s con quest of man is concerned. By brains I mean a woman’s ability to keep a man charmed by joyous compan ionship, subtle flattery and interest in his ambitions—not a display of intellectual attainments. Four “Ugly Ducklings” Here are the four ugly ducklings who won their niches in romantic history despite their handicaps: Cleopatra, who charmed Caesar and Anthony to win a kingdom; Catherine the Great, the obscure German princess who gained the Russian throne through h— love of Orlolf and Potemkin; George Sand, the mannish authoress who en chanted half the artists of her time, and Queen Elizabeth, whose influ ence over men carried the British flag to world-wide empire. The three beauties on the list are Emma Hamilton, who rose from ob scurity to titles and the love of Lord Nelson; Marry, queen of Scots, and Isabella d'Este, the inspiration of Raphael and Michelangelo. Wouldn't Impress Ziegfield These five would hardly get a sec ond look from Florenz Ziegfield; Mona Lisa, the flame of Leonardo da Vinci’s life; Peggy O'Neal, who influenced the White House both during Andrew Jackson’s and Van Buren’s administrations; Ninon de l’Enclos, for 50 years the most influ ential woman of France; Beatrice d’Este, duchess of Milan, and per haps the greatest feminine diplo mats, and Mme. J5u Barry. The advantage of beauty in all of their cases was so slight as to be practically negative. Cleopatra, ac cording to the most eminent histori ans and on the evidence of the sculptors and painters of that day— who would not be apt to paint her less lovely than she was—could not lay the slightest claim to beauty. Her nose was too long, she •*ras very small, and when Caesar first met her in her 16th year, inclined to be skinny, although she had a lively, active grace. BADGER FOLKS AND FOIBLES "It was back in the fall of 1840, almost 90 years ago, that the first public school of the state was built at Mineral Point in response to the clamor of citizens for something to be done in the line of education, according to the accounts in the his tory of Iowa county,” writes J. H. Lewis, of the Madison Journal. “The building, 27 by 30 feet, with a 12-foot ceiling, was built of red brick and stone at a cost of about $500, not counting the plastering, which was done later. “No slate for the blackboard was available or, if available, was too costly, so a substitute was provided. Along two sides of the room were placed troughs. 18 inches wide, filled with sand. And on the smooth surface of the sand the youngsters of early Mineral Point wrote their A. B, C's and their mul tiplication tables. "And over the sand trough black board efforts of the first pupils John Heaton presided. “The school only lasted five years, however, for enlargement and im I.indberg National Park. From Milwaukee Journal. The spot where Lindbergh took off for his Paris flight is made into a national park by a grou of New York business men who have ac quired it. This means that a per manent memorial will appear on Roosevelt field to an American youth who, by a single feat of in comparable daring and skill, elec trified America and the world. But Lindbergh did more than that. He really ushered in a new age that had just been waiting for someone to stand sponsor for it. The beginning of popula» interest in aviation dates from that morning when our first American youth rose Vacation Everybody ought to have a vaca tion. Keeping everlastingly at it. brings success. It also brings, stagnation. It would be better to lay off once in a while as ycu go along than to lay off permanently pretty soon. The most efficient people who can hit the line the hardest are those that can let go the most complete ly. The art of being at your best most of the time is also the art of relax ing seme of the lime. Vacation ought to be arranged if possible so that cur activities will be entirely different from the usual ones. President Coolidge set a good example of this. He goes back to the primitive art of fishing and country life, the furthest possible removed from his highly complicated job as president. If ycu are a city worker get some old clothes and go to the country. Lie on the ground, bask in the sun, bathe in the water and give nature a chance. No matter how much we are high ly developed souls we are basically bodies. We may be thinking ani mals. but we are animals. We are not disembodied spirits. The thing from which we need most a vacation is worry or care. The most highly productive land needs an occasional spell of lying fallow. Tiie colt reeds to run out in the pasture and l;iek his heels c-nce in awhile. All animal creation ne'ds periods of repose. The ability to do nothing effec tively and perfectly Ls nor. a sign of weakness, but an indication of strength. Good sleepers ere the healthy peo ple. It is abnormal and diseased and defective people that have insomnia. It was said of Naocleon that he cou’d lie down any time of the day or night and go to sleep immediate ly All of us are the better off who take w’fuge once in awhile in the normal and healthv animalities. Charles Spurceon safd that exces sive spirituality is akin to sensuali ty. So we don't want to be excessive ly good all Ihe ^mc. Not that our recess should be sinful, but occasion ally we should be non-moral, not immoral. We shouldn’t string our selves up to the highest pitch all the time. When Esop was found playing w'th bevs. he was acl*"d w'-’ br n crown man, did so. He replied by saving that a bow shot botier if occasion allv it were unstrung. Grown people as well as youths should learn how to play. Delayed Cutting Found Aid to Alfalfa Crop Manhattan. Kan.,—Delayed cut ting of alfalfa is beneficial rather than iniurious to the stand, the Kansas State Agricultural college has determined by an experiment that lasted eight years. Upsetting a notion generally h'dd by farmers, the experiment also shows that frequent cutting is det rimental to the stand. Too much delay in cutting, how ever, reduces the quality of the hay. Observations cf feeding results show that the best alfalfa for beef steers is cut in the bud stage, but t.he cut ting tests proved the cutting of the crop so early decreases th"' vi^or of tho plants, reduces the stand and permits the encroachment of v.-?ds. "To keep a field cf alfalfa,” rays S. C. Salmon, professor of farm crops, “it is not advisable to cut con tinuously or even generally earlier than 10th bloom. On t.he other hand, it is doubtful if the differ ence in yield in favor cf full blocm cutting is sufficien* to justify delav, especially in view of the noorer qual ity of the hay. Wh°re the cron ran be harvested prrmntly a safe pirn is to permit, the alfalfa to reach tlr* one-fourth or ore-half bloom stage.” provements made in 1844 so ex hausted the exechequer of the dis trict that it could not afford to continue the enterprise. "This first public school super seded a ‘select’ school conducted by Robert Boyer and supported by sub scriptions. There were other pri vate schools in and near Mineral Point at the time also. The Boyer school was a large log cabin. "The first Wisconsin educational convention was held on October 16. 1845, with an attendance of such notables as George F. McGoun, principal of the old Platteville acad emy; Mortimer M. Jackson, young Mineral Point lawyer, and the Rev. Lewis Loss, of Beloit. “The Mineral Point convention initiated organization for keeping the questions of common schools before the people. It resulted in county conventions being held to appoint delegates to a territorial convention at Madison. January 15, 1846, two years before the state was admitted to the union.” ANOTHER VANISHING AMERI CAN. FrQm the Christian Science Monitor. Within another decade, perhaps less, the covered wooden bridge, with its atmosphere of charm and ro mance, will probably be a thing of the past. Like “Old Dobbin," it has seen its best days, has done its work faithfully in the service of mankind, and is now prepared to give way completely before the demands of progress which necessitate more durable and stronger materials in bridge and highway construction. Last November’s flood took heavy toll of the wooden arches in Ver mont. This has resulted in an ac tive season of bridge building. Un triumphant in the air. As time re cedes from that flight we see this more clearly. That is why the Lind bergh vogue has not passed as many predicted that it would. They said his fame would be fleeting; instead it has mounted. And men are ready, even before he is out of his youth fulness. to make permanent their Honors to him. Of course this opportunity in its entirety could come but once. Oth er fliers may sail the Atlantic, they may hold steady to their course, through storm and fog, the great planes of the future that carry a hundred passengers, but they can not by doing that write their names where Lindbergh wrote his. , der normal conditions the cld bridges would probably have bren displaced sooner or later by modern structures. But the process would have been a slow and ea v cne, for the covered wooc'en bridges, al though sending out more than the usual number of creaks and rat tles, were, for the most part, good for many more years. As the motorist speeds along tire roads of the Green Mountain state he notes reconstruction going on everywhere. There is no need to argue the advantages of steel and concrete in the building of reads end highways in that state. Everyone will admit them, even those who take the greatest delight in all things pertaining to the cld fash ioned. Bumping through or over the old structures has a fascination, to be sure, but the enjoyment of snecd ing over smooth, safer, well surfaced and more substantial crossing is far more in keeping with an advanc ing ace. This rapid and radical changing from the old to the new is bound to result in a greater, rn- re progressive and more accessible Ver mont. However, the passing of so many of the covered variety during the last year is not without its reminis cent side. These silent, wooden sen tinels. standing at their posts m somber vigil for many years, des'ive at lea -t a word of farewell before they finally take their nlaces in the category of things which number among them the one-horse shay and the bicycle built for two. --— Q. Did anv negroes hold property before the Civil war? M. G. A. Many slaves had been freed and had acquired property before the Civil war. This high place goes to the path finder alone: it. has been so since the days of Columbus. The name of Lindbergh, it well may be, will out live that of many great generals and statesmen. Q. What is a main-gauchc? F, E. T. A. The word is French and trans lated literally means lelt hand. It is the namp, however, given to a dagger which was held in the left hand while the right hand held a rapier. In combats of the 15th and 16th century, this was used to parry the thrust* of the adversary's ra pier. Eskimos “Mine” Ivory Left by Ancestorr Ancient fossil Ivory valued at |50,000 came South on the first boat from No; e this season. The Ivory on board represented an unin tentional bequest from the long de ceased Eskimos to the present gen eration. The natives from time Im memorial feasted on walrus and the tusks, having no value, were tossed aside. These piles accumulated, especially on the St I/«vrrence and the Pribllcf Islands, during the centuries. Then white men come north with trading schooners and bought freshly killed walrus Ivory. The Eskimos, remembering the wasteful habits af their ancestors, promptly began sink ing miner on the sites of ancient camps. Each summer they dig out thousands of dollars' worth of fossil Ivory, valuable because of Its deep coloring and extreme hardness. Church’s Great Periods With much diversity of opinion or minor points, there Is a general agree ment In dividing the history of the church Into three great periods. The first, from the birth of Christ to the time of Constantine: the second, from that epoch to the Reformation; and third, from the Reformation to th? present time. WHAT DR. CALDWELL LEARNED IN 47 YEARS PRACTICE A physician watched the results of eonstijwtion for 47 years, and believed that no matter how careful people are of their health, diet and exercise, constipa tion will occur from time to time. Of next importance, then, is how to treat it when it comes. Dr. Caldwell always was in favor of getting as close to nature as possible, hence his remedy for consti pation, known as Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, is a mild vegetable compound. It can not harm the systea. and is not habit forming. Syrup Pepsin is pleasant tasting, and youngsters love it. Dr. Caldwell did not approve of drastic physics and purges. He did not believe they were good for anybody’s system. In a practice of 47 years he never saw any reason for their use when Syrup Pepsin will empty the bowels just as promptly. Do not let a day go by without a bowel movement. Do not sit and hope, but go to the nearest druggist and get one of the generous bottles of Dr. Cald well's Syrup Pepsin, or write “Syrup Pepsin,” Dept. BB, Monticello. Illinois, for free trial bottle. Ode to Bossie "What rhymes with zephyr?” •‘Heifer." “Do you think I am writing a poem to a •cow?”—Louisville Courier-Jour nal. People as well as animals have “protective coloration,” but its not bushing. w Kill Rats Without Danger A New Exterminator that la Wonderfully Effective yet Safe to Ueel -O la relatively harm lea* to human being*, live gtorV. dog*, eats, poultry, yrt is guaranteed to kill rats and mice every lime. AtoM Dsafftroui Poisons K-R-O does not contain arsenic, phosphor ous, turiura carbonate cr any other dendly poison. Its active ingredient is squill as rec ommended by the U. S. Dept. of Agricul turc in thdi latest bulletin on “ Rat Control.” Many letter* testify to the great merit of K-R-O. “One of toy curtemer* put out a package of k-R-O and the neat morning ha jacked up S2 full grown tsts. Hi* doe not a ki - > 1 portion oi to-' k-R-O bait but ir did not nur% him.—The Out Pharmacy, Sparta. iuu. 1 SOLO ON MONET-BACK CUAEAN TAB. 7.V at your druggist or direct from u* at $1.00 delivered. Large size (four times aa much! $2.00. K-R-0Co.,Span;; held, Ohkt. KILLS-RATS-ONLY Annual Fire Losses It Is estimated by (.'Iicries H. Meigs fire commissioner of New York, tlint there are two human lives and $30, 000 worth of property destroyed by tire In the United States every hour. The total fire loss for the month of January, 1928, was In excess of $t.’t, 000,000, or about $5,000,000 ahead of January. 1027. Our lire losses in 192G were double what they were In 1910 and three times v.hnt they were In 1915. Our annual tire losses total nearly $500,000,000. Basket as Elevator High seas prevented the use of the companion ladder when passengers wished to hoard the liner “Llando very” at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, recently, so a large basket was low ered from a derrick and the travelers swung to the deck without difficulty. The co .tniner was fashioned like m elevator car.—Popular Mechanics Mag azine. Valuable Fi~d A $200,000 sandalwood forest has been found In the jungle region of Knmknchally, India. The Musore government has granted $3,600 for collection and transportation of the wood, which It It estimated will amount to GOO tons, worth 000,000 rupes, or about $210,000. Not a Medical Case Crawford—My wife has hud a sink ing spell. Dobbs—Nonsense! You can’t be lieve what these doctors tell you. Crawford—But a doctor didn't tell me. It was a lifeguard at the bathing pooL. That Settled It Aviator—The engine’s stalled and a wing’s off, I’assenger (on first flight and nerv ous)—Thank goodness! Now we can go down. Trees as History Books The Tlingit Indians of the North west, authentically the totem pole tribe, carved their histories on poles which required entire tree trunks.— Woman's Home Companion. You can be so polite to a man as to make him dislike you. A flonting debt isn’t necessarily a light one. Who's Mictakc? Guest—Who is that awful-tookh frump over there? Host—Why1, that’s my wife. Guest—Oh—cr—beg pardon. Mj mistake. Host—No; mine.—Yorkshire Post. UMHMIlAV WmflWWiMSWWlI T HERE Is nothing that has ever taken the place of Bayer Aspirin as an antidote for pain. Safe, or physi cians wouldn't use it, and endorse its use by others. Sure, or several mil lion users would have turned to some thing else. But get real Bayer As, .irin (at any drugstore) with Bayer on the box, and the word genuine printed in red: Aspirin la the trade-park of Barer Mlimfnctnre of UoDoacetlcacldcater of Sallerlieactd SIOUX CITY PTG. CO., NO. 37--192& Censored Mrs. Swift—This new bathing suit of mine is a poem. 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